Cyanogen cation


Constants of diatomic molecules

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Data compiled by: Klaus P. Huber and Gerhard H. Herzberg

Data collected through September, 1976

Symbols used in the table of constants
SymbolMeaning
State electronic state and / or symmetry symbol
Te minimum electronic energy (cm-1)
ωe vibrational constant – first term (cm-1)
ωexe vibrational constant – second term (cm-1)
ωeye vibrational constant – third term (cm-1)
Be rotational constant in equilibrium position (cm-1)
αe rotational constant – first term (cm-1)
γe rotation-vibration interaction constant (cm-1)
De centrifugal distortion constant (cm-1)
βe rotational constant – first term, centrifugal force (cm-1)
re internuclear distance (Å)
Trans. observed transition(s) corresponding to electronic state
ν00 position of 0-0 band (units noted in table)
Diatomic constants for 12C14N+
StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
d 1Π (a + 46253) [890.76] Z 1  [1.6018] 2  [0.0000195] 2  [1.2762] d → b 3 R 37544.49 Z
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f 1Σ a + 45533.6 2670.5 Z 46.9  1.903 4 0.032  [0.0000047]  1.171 f → b V 37703.14 Z
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           f → a 5 45844.65 Z
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c 1Σ (a + 31771) (1265) 6 (11)  (1.403) 6 (0.002)  [0.000013]  (1.364) c → a R 31381.60 6 Z
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StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
b 1Π a + 8313.6 1688.35 Z 15.12  1.6767 0.0191 -0.0005 [0.00000684]  1.2473  
a 1Σ a 2033.05 Z 16.14  1.8964 0.0188  [7.0E-06]  1.1729  

Notes

1ΔG(3/2) = 548.54, ΔG(5/2) = 542.18, ΔG(7/2) = 550.36. Vibrational numbering uncertain.
2B1 = 1.4319, D1 = 47.3E-6 B2 = 1.3023, D2 = l7.9E-6 B3 = 1.2598, D3 = 19.4E-6 B4 = 1.2196, D4 = 9E-6 Local perturbations in nearly all vibrational levels. Vibrational numbering uncertain.
3τ = 24 ns Smith, 1969.
4Perturbations; see p.251 of Mulliken, 1960.
50-0 sequence consisting of four headless bands.
6Vibrational numbering uncertain. Homogeneous perturbations by an unidentified state.
7From D00(CN) and the ionization potentials of CN and C.

References

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Smith, 1969
Smith, W.H., Radiative Lifetimes and Total Transition Probabilities for Some Polyatomic Species, J. Chem. Phys., 1969, 51, 8, 3410, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1672528 . [all data]

Mulliken, 1960
Mulliken, R.S., Some neglected subcases of predissociation in diatomic molecules, J. Chem. Phys., 1960, 33, 247. [all data]


Notes

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